Python's simplicity philosophy

[Paul Rubin]

"A.M. Kuchling" <amk at amk.ca> writes:
> > Huh?!?!  uniq has always to my knowledge only worked on sorted input.
> > Reading the man page on two different systems confirms my knowledge.
> 
> Yes, but uniq doesn't report an error if its input isn't sorted.

Maybe it should.  If its behavior on unsorted input isn't specified,
you shouldn't assume it will act in any particular way.